Doug and Roberta Barnard will celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary in December.

“My budget for an anniversary gift just went way up,” said Doug Barnard.

In Saturday’s drawing, the Barnards’ quick-pick ticket matched the winning numbers of 2, 4, 29, 38, 41 and the Hot Ball of 7. The odds of winning a Hot Lotto jackpot are 1 in 29 million.

Doug Barnard, who began playing Hot Lotto for the first time about two weeks ago, had no idea the jackpot had been hit until this morning when he checked his tickets with the winning numbers posted at the lottery’s website.

THAT'S EXACTLY THE KIND OF DAY A RIO RANCHO COUPLE HAD TODAY. ACTION 7 NEWS REPORTER ALANA GRIMSTAD SHARES THE EXCITING NEWS. IMAGINE GOING TO WORK AND GETTING A TEXT MESSAGE FROM YOUR HUSBAND SAYING--"CALL ME. BIG NEWS." WELL, THAT WOMAN HAD ABOUT SEVEN-AND A HALF-MILLION REASONS TO CALL HER HUSBAND BACK RIGHT AWAY. IT HASN'T QUITE SUNKEN IN YET... Very surprised. I did not believe it. DOUG BARNARD DOUBLE CHECKED THAT CHECK... MAKING SURE HIS NAME WAS SPELLED RIGHT. HE AND HIS WIFE ROBERTA STARTED THEIR DAYS GOING TO WORK AND DOING HOUSE CHORES. THEY ARE ENDING THEIR DAY LOTTERY WINNERS. THIS MORNING, DOUG CASUALLY DECIDED TO CHECK HIS NUMBERS. AND WHO KNEW THE NUMBERS 2, 4, 29, 38, 41 AND 7 WOULD ADD UP TO... 7.6-MILLION-DOLLARS! Still disbelief. Wow! It's a shock. THE BARNARDS WILL SOON BE CELEBRATING THEIR 25TH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY...AND DOUG KNOWS EXPECTATIONS JUST GOT EXPONENTIALLY HIGHER. My budget for an anniversary give went way up this year! Lucky me! IT'S UNDERSTANDABLE THE BARNARDS WOULD BE IN SUCH SHOCK--CONSIDERING THE ODDS OF WINNING THIS GAME ARE ONE IN 29-MILLION. When you think about the odds, it's not as fun if you think about the odds...but somehow we did it. SO WHAT TO DO WITH ALL THAT CASH? FIRST--PAY OF THEIR BILLS, BUY A NEW CAR... AND THEN INVEST. DOUG SAYS THEY'VE ALREADY MET WITH A FINANCIAL PLANNER AND WILL BE SMART WITH ALL THEIR WINNINGS. DOUG JUST STARTED PLAYING THE HOT LOTTO GAME, A FEW WEEKS AGO. HE BOUGHT THE TICKET AT SANDIA SHELL IN RIO RANCHO - WHICH GETS 10-THOUSAND-DOLLARS FOR SELLING THE WINNER.

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